"It's normal that we are faster": Alex Marquez on top during GP24 debut at Barcelona MotoGP Test

“Every time it was better and better and better”

Alex Marquez, 2024 Barcelona MotoGP Test
Alex Marquez, 2024 Barcelona MotoGP Test

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez emphasised that MotoGP World Championship leaders Jorge Martin 🔯and Francesco Bagnaia ‘did an amazing year’ and were ‘super fast in all conditions’.

But after topping the timesheets on his debut wit𝓰h their former GP24 Ducati in Tuesday’s Barcelona test, the Gresini rider felt a clear step over the year-old bike he campaigned this season.

That wasn’t ♎a surprise, with the GP24 designed around this year’s revised Michelin rear tyre﷽, the extra grip from which caused front-end issues on the GP23.

𓆏“I did one run with the 23 bike in the morning to feel the grip level and track conditions, then we jumped to the 24,” Marquez said. “The first run felt quite strangeಞ, quite different, but the lap time was already the same with used tyres.

“Then, it was ꦜa bike that when I was trying to push more and more and more, every time it was better and better and better.

“The main differꦯence I felt was corner entry, where we were suffering a lot with the 23. Also Pirro said he got used to the 24 and when he came back to the 23 here, he was a little bit loose.

“So especially 🔥the entry is quite a good step... It's a bike made for th𒈔is rear tyre.

“It was a good day. Really, really solid all day with the lap times﷽.”

Rather than a single headlin🦄e-grabbing soft tyre time attack, Marquez led the timesheets on five diffe൲rent occasions.

The Spaniard eventually finished 0.396sꦏ clear of 🍃Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo and 0.595s from Bagnaia. Bagnaia’s new team-mate, Alex's brother Marc, was fourth as the factory duo worked on next year’s GP25.

“It's just one day a𝄹nd it's a track that I love, so I will not say they won because of that [GP24 bike]! Pecco and Jorge did an amazing year also. They were super fast in all the conditions,” Alex said.

“So still too early to speak much, but it's a step compared to the [GP23]. I want to try it on a track that is not ജreally good for me, riding style-wise. But next we will go to Malaysia, which is super good for me. And Thailand w🐷here I’m also fast.

“So we need to wait, also to see how much the other manuf🍷act💧urers improve, how much the 25 Ducati improves, and from that point, we will know better where we are exactly."

Alex added: “Also it's normal 🦩[that you are fast] when they give you a bike that is already ‘done’ Because you 𒁏don’t need to get information for the manufacturer, just focus on small adjustments. 

"So it's noꦆrmal that we are faster becaus🥀e we didn't have a lot of work to do.”

Alex’s new rookie team-🎶mate Fermin Aldeguer was 20th on the timesheeꦑts.

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